X²: THE THREAT

Many years have passed since Kyle Brennan left Earth in the X-Shuttle. The story however continues with Julian Gardna, the child who ran away from home has now grown up, but in an attempt to steal a ship, was arrested and sent to be rehabilitated. Unbeknown to him, his past holds many secrets and his future even more.A new threat has entered the known universe, a race who have devastated one sector, and have the power to continue their reign of destruction, a race called the Khaak.

A NEW THREAT IS RISING IN THE X-UNIVERSE

X : The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.

ExploreYou can explore over 130 beautifully designed sectors occupied by nebulas that affect your ships and stations, asteroids you can mine for materials you can later sell on for profit.

New ShipsExplore in over 60 ships of varying sizes from scout class ships to the much larger carrier class battleships.

New UpgradesUpgrade your ships systems with many more upgrades, and download new upgrades that make use of the new scripting engine designed specially for X .

New WeaponsAdd new weapons to your ship including the Ion Disruptor and Mass Driver, but also build factories that will develop these weapons and sell them to make a profit, expanding your own empire among the universe.

New MissionsTake part in missions offered to you on each stations bulletin board, make money by defending convoys and destroy incoming Xenon fleets intent on destroying everything in their path.But above all else, help to defend the universe from the Khaak, before they kill everyone and everything they come across.

Free X-Weekend with release of XR VR and Updates for X Rebirth, X3TC and X3AP

Egosoft is happy to announce that our first Virtual Reality game is finally ready for release. Today marks the end of Early Access and the launch of X Rebirth VR Edition 4.30 on Steam and the Oculus Store.
With this launch also come a number of new features for XR VR, including improved HOTAS and Joystick support and a method to play in VR with mouse and keyboard. See different methods of playing X Rebirth VR Edition explained in this video:
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We'll be hosting the third in our series of live streams on Twitch on Wednesday, December 13th at 20:00 CET (11:00 PST / 14:00 EST / 19:00 GMT)
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Join us for our second live stream on Twitch on Wednesday, September 27th at 20:00 CEST (11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 18:00 GMT / 19:00 BST)
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